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Steamboat Bill, Jr.

1928 · 70 min

A jaunty, affectionate silent comedy that builds from gentle father-son awkwardness into a gleefully destructive storm of pratfalls and jaw-dropping stunts.

Tagline
The Laugh Special of the Age. See It.
Overview
The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • class
  • identity
  • survival
Places
  • small town
  • sea
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour8
Realism4
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Buster Keaton, Charles Reisner
Written by
Buster Keaton
Starring
Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Tom Lewis, Marion Byron, James T. Mack, Ford West
Cinematography
Bert Haines, Devereaux Jennings
Runtime
70 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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